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preferred to spend the night in a private home rather than in a hotel, subject to acceptance of the plan by my wife and me, but begging us not to feel the slightest obligation and if we forsaw any inconvenience or felt any fear about it, to tell them in all frankness. My wife hurried to say yes, but that she felt embarrassed because our house lacks the comforts of a hotel; however, she said she could sleep in our double bed and we would either make ourselves comfortable in the sofabed or else, if necessary, we would go to my mother-in-law's home. I for my part said the only preoccupation was finding c explanation in case the concierge found out, although it would really be no big problem because we could say, for example, that they were friends we met on our vacation in Malaga, of Swedish nationality. DEI 98 explained that the persons who would overnight would be two women YU 1, daughter of AIN 368, and another "sister" who, as I will explain, must have been at the same time her secretary and maid (I'll tell you shortly, because we had time to talk with her), and he also told us something that astounded us: That in no way would she sleep in our bed while we lay down out here; that we should choose an available room for her and she would sleep on the floor! And that her companion would not be sleeping while her superior was doing so. On 26 May at seven in the evening there came ASOO 3 son of AGU 28 (whom I already knew because he had dictated things to me for various people) along with the same silent gentleman of the day before. They carried an average leather suitcase, very modern and of medium size, which we believed would be the things of the two ladies who were to come. They chatted with us after asking to look at all the rooms. They said they were waiting for nightfall in order to do something. Their Superior would arrive around ten-thirty. We also learned that in the street "several more brothers" were waiting. They did not want to accept It was getting dark when they asked us to turn off the light in the dining room and to open up the balcony wide. The one who did not speak Spanish remained seated motionless with his eyes closed as if hypntized, and the other one took out what looked like a ballpoint pen and this began to emit a continuous buzz that went higher and lower because something was being communicated to them. Meanwhile the other one awakened from time to time and spoke to him in their language. 47 anything but water. Night had now fallen. It was about ten-twenty and they put the suitcase in front